Butterfly-leaf vs Variable Abalone

Adenolobus garipensis compared with Haliotis varia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Butterfly-leaf	Variable Abalone
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (moluscos)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (gastrópodos)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Fabaceae	Haliotidae
Genus	Adenolobus	Haliotis
Species	Adenolobus garipensis	Haliotis varia

Conservation Status

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Variable Abalone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Butterfly-leaf	Variable Abalone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Butterfly-leaf

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Variable Abalone

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

Butterfly-leaf

The Butterfly-leaf (Adenolobus garipensis) is a species in the genus Adenolobus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.